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2026 Workers' Compensation CLE

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Price

$200 for EAGLE Member
$240 for Regular Member

405 minutes

Date Published

May 7, 2026

Publisher

Washington State Association for Justice

Subjects

Workers' Compensation

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Summary

May 7, 2026

WORKERS' COMPENSATION SCHEDULE
6.0 Law & Legal, .75 equity

8:25-8:30AM Welcome from Co-Chairs

8:30-9:00AM Legislative Update

Daniel Goodman, Government Affairs & Political Action Associate, WSAJ
Leah Griffin, Government Affairs Deputy Director, WSAJ

9:00-9:30AM What you need to know about the most important piece of Workers' Compensation legislation in recent history

David Lauman, Small, Snell, Weiss & Comfort, P.S.

9:30-10:00AM Big Beautiful Appellate Update (The Best Appellate Update You've Ever Seen)

Doug Palmer, Hamrick Palmer Johansen, PLLC
Brian Wright, Causey Wright

10:30-11:00AM Litigating Superior Court Cases

Lee Thomas, Harpold Thomas, P.C.

11:00-11:30AM Insurance Services Strategic Plan

Brenda Heilman, Department of Labor & Industries

11:30-12:15PM Navigating Workers' Compensation for Non-Citizens: Ethical, Legal, and Practical Guidance (EQUITY)

Omar Barraza, Barraza Law, PLLC
Elizabeth LePley, LePley Law Firm
Carson Phillips-Spotts, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender

12:45-1:00PM Kids Chance presentation from Katherine Mason, Law Offices of K.L. Mason, PLLC

1:00-1:45PM BIIA 2025 Significant Decisions

Isabel Cole, Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals

1:45-2:15PM Discovering Bad Faith

Doug Palmer, Hamrick Palmer Johansen, PLLC

2:15-2:45PM Applying and Navigating 'Change of Circumstances' Cases

Bryton Redal, McPartland Law Offices PLLC

3:15-3:45PM It's Deja Vu! Motion work and tactics for attacking vocational issues before the Board

Mackenzie Sanders, WA Workers' Comp Law

3:45-4:30PM Worst Workers' Comp Cases of the Last 2000 Years

Rachel Hamar, Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC
Bill Hochberg, Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC

4:30-5:00PM TED's Occupational Disease: Expanding the scope of the Traveling Employee Doctrine

Ben Sligar, Davies Pearson, P.C.

SWOD-27825

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Presenters

Daniel Goodman

Daniel serves as WSAJ’s Government Affairs and Political Action Associate. Before coming to WSAJ, Daniel worked for 5 years... Read More

Leah Griffin

Government Affairs Deputy Director - WSAJ

David W. Lauman

Small Snell Weiss & Comfort, P.S.

David W. Lauman is a shareholder at Small, Snell, Weiss & Comfort, P.S., in Tacoma. He has been working there as an... Read More

Doug M. Palmer

Hamrick Palmer Johansen

Doug is a partner at Hamrick Palmer Johansen in Vancouver, WA. He is a former WSAJ Board Member and Chair of the Workers... Read More

Brian Michael Wright

Causey Wright

Brian M. Wright is an attorney at Causey Wright in Seattle. He has been an EAGLE member of WSAJ since 2012, and chaired its... Read More

Lee Stewart Thomas

Harpold Thomas, P.C.

Lee Thomas specializes in complex workers’ compensation claims and jury trials. Lee is an Eagle member and member of the... Read More

Brenda Heilman

Omar Barraza

Barraza Law, PLLC

Elizabeth Lepley

Nelson Blair Langer Engle

Elizabeth LePley is an Associate Attorney at Lehmbecker Law Firm in Bellevue, Washington. Ms. LePley has an extensive law... Read More

Carson Phillips-Spotts

Isabel Cole

Isabel A. M. Cole is the Labor Member of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. She was appointed by Governor Inslee in... Read More

Bryton Redal

McPartland Law Offices PLLC

Mackenzie Sanders

WA Workers' Comp Law

Rachel Vera Hamar

Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC

Rachel V. Hamar is a partner at Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC, in Edmonds, Washington. She represents injured workers in... Read More

William D. Hochberg

Hochberg & Hamar, PLLC

William D. Hochberg, the managing partner at Hochberg & Hamar, leads a group of dedicated attorneys and staff in Edmonds,... Read More

Ben Sligar

Davies Pearson, P.C.

Program Titles and Supporting Materials

This program contains the following components:

Media Files

Opening Remarks - Video

Legislative Update - Video

Most Important Piece of Workers' Compensation Legislation in Recent History - Video

Big Beautiful Appellate Update - Video

Litigating Superior Court Cases - Video

Insurance Services Strategic Plan - Video

Navigating Workers' Compensation for Non-Citizens - Video

Kids Chance Presentation - Video

BIIA 2025 Significant Decisions - Video

Discovering Bad Faith - Video

Applying and Navigating 'Change of Circumstances' Cases - Video

It's Deja Vu - Video

Worst Workers' Comp Cases of the Last 2000 Years - Video

TED's Occupational Disease - Video

Closing Remarks - Video

Downloadable Files

2026 Workers' Compensation CLE - Handout

Credit

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